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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Fox News is always out there talking about how “the Left” has “declared war” on everything. You know the shtick – “the war on Christmas,” “the war on Christianity,” “the war on family values.” Everything is military to them – which probably says as much about them as…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen It was one of those gloomy, grey, depressing midwinter days. I needed sunshine and laughter. Maybe a movie, maybe a light romantic comedy. I check the newspaper. How about “Because I Said So?” Mandy Moore, Diane Keaton. Sounds like just the thing to lift up my sagging…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Alas, the Golden Age of Musicals is long gone. Might as well toss in the Silver Age of Musicals and the Bronze Age of Musicals as well. And the latest big, splashy Broadway musical to be brought to the screen, “Dreamgirls,” is just more proof that if…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner made it a point to tell Virginia politics reporters covering the final year of his term as governor of the Old Dominion that he really felt he was hitting his stride in the job – and while the focus of their editors seemed to be on…
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Story by Chris Graham Last year it was baseball. Now it’s Floyd Landis and Justin Gatlin … and baseball. The issue of the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes continues to get scads of press – and you know what that means.
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Story by Chris Graham Wayne Bronson knows where the buffalo once roamed through the Shenandoah Valley. “Sometimes you can stop on the roadside and see the original path cut out by the buffalo herds,” said Bronson, the executive producer of “Road Trip to History,” a 12-part series on the Valley Turnpike, now U.S. 11, that…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I haven’t wrecked yet. (The sound that you hear right now is me knocking on wood.) But that’s not the best news related to me recently purchasing a bike. This is: I’m finally over the saddle sores. (Now there’s a visual that you didn’t need.) Yes, ladies and…
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Story by Chris Graham DVD and pay-per-view sales – that’s why WWE is relaunching the ECW brand. “They did pretty well with single shots with ECW last year, and now they’re ready to see what a full-court press will do,” said Steve Johnson, a Virginia-based wrestling journalist and author. The full-court press includes another pay-per-view,…
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Story by Chris Graham Ayla Brown has a confession to make – she’s not all that fond of Simon Cowell. “Simon is an interesting person – because you know he’s always going to say something to criticize you or put you down,” said Brown, who just missed making the final 12 on this season’s “American…
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Story by Chris Graham Your fantasy-sports-playing friend used to watch the games like you did – rooting for his favorite team from childhood, living and dying with their wins and losses, their historic triumphs and their painful setbacks. That was before he saw the light – and that he, too, could be Theo Epstein.
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